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Fashion Monster 3: Wraps and Wreaths

This fashion monster has been created using upcycled infinity scarves (fabric samples sewn together) and wrapped around the mannequin (monster). The 'skirt' is made from overlapping rag wreaths that have been made using all the micro fabric scraps from the infinity scarves. The 'necklace' has been made by French-knitting and odd/old ball of yarn, then wrapping it around a wreath frame.

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Fashion Monster 2: Lampshades and Layers

This fashion monster has evolved from layering upcycled infinity scarves  - discarded fabric samples that have been sewn together to create continuous loops. Unique and upcycled lampshades have also been added. The shades have been constructed through salvaging scrap fabric and turning them into strips and sewing them together to make a long continuous strip that is interwoven through the lampshade frames. These have been hand sewn and finished with frills and trims.

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Fashion Monster 1 : The Tie-deas Project

This fashion monster has derived from my experimentation of discarded and worn-out men's neck ties. Ties  have been overlapped and sewn together to create a ribbed and irregular edged fabric. A tie has been used to bind this fabric together. Ties have also been deconstructed and reconstructed into a bow-tie and neck tie. Fabric manipulation of the ties has also taken place to turn them into decorative flowers.

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Born from the romanian traditional mask family, 'The Master' as it is called by the forgotten spirits of used materials, he is the last of his kind holding the thread alive between the old and new in the world of garments. With great care and respect, his entity has been restored through the sacrifices of materials that kept on believing in the rebirth of recycling. Bits and pieces of what were once a jacket and piece of fabric, combined with bubble wrap and padding, rounded by shopping bags and socks that still bring warmth and comfort. He is a Master that brings remembrance in the things that we too easily trow away. Showing us how everything can and should be cherished, in order to maintain a world that is worthy of its appearance both on the inside and outside.

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This is 'Pinkbangs Sunshine Body'.

Once upon a time there was me in a tower with sausage hair. I loved my sausage hair. I could never grow my hair because people kept eating it. Then I met a baby panda and they eat bamboo not sausages, so my hair grew and grew. Phew.

Thank you.

from

Juno

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Copyright © 2017 Linda Friedman Schmidt, The Bad With The Good.  All rights reserved.

"The Bad With The Good" was created solely with discarded clothing by Linda Friedman Schmidt, an artist who uses discarded clothing as her paint. She transforms bad into good, worthless into worthy, powerless into powerful, ordinary into extraordinary.

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MONSTER (2016) is an audience reactive sculpture created from discarded clothing which inflates and deflates according to triggers from the environment

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This Fashion Monster was made by people from Preston in the Makerspace at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery. It is made from second-hand clothes from local charity shops - the ones that had failed to sell and were on their way to be made into rags. We found that most of the garments were either very plain old jumpers and trousers in dull colours, or incredibly brightly coloured and patterned items.

It felt like a really unusual challenge to think about how to use these clothes creatively to 'build' a fashion monster. Everyone enjoyed cutting up old clothes, and working on quite a playful creative project together. But it also made us think about things like all the common features of clothes: pockets, fastenings, collars, cuffs and tags. And about the people who might have once worn them, and how they ended up here.

Sadly, we haven't yet given our Fashion Monster a name. It started out quite unisex, and then we thought it looked a bit like Boy George. But once we started using an old quilt to make a skirt, and a load of frilly bits to make a bustle ... it might be identified as female.

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Inspired by my grandma Yvonne Carol, who was named after the famous movie star Yvonne De Carlo from 'The Munsters', I wanted to create a sense of Elegance to my monster - 'Lady Monster' aka, 'Yvonne'. I have used a mixture of old tapestries/ needlepoint pieces, ceramics, lots of knits and second hand garments all which I have found in markets, charity shops or taken from my grandmothers house. I have covered the shoes in needlepoint which I cut up. The knits I have made from found and acquired wools, mainly from my grandma's collection as she was an avid knitter. The crochet gloves I had dyed and had brought in a market along with the socks. The head piece I created out of scrap elements which I had found around uni such as random yarns, ribbons and the mesh fabric. To create the volume on the shoulder I used found packaging paper. 

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Sole was made by mistake. He was created many years ago in a washing machine owned by an elderly lady. Born in parts the lady took pity on the poor creature and sowed him together. As she did she became aware he was made of all the missing sock sand odd clothing lost or left behind by old clients. The lady hadn't any family nor did she keep i touch with old friends. She was lonely and so was the monster, so they found comfort in each other. Years pass and the monster has built itself antlers like washing lines to carry all the abandoned clothing but it is alone again, the launderette where he was created has closed down and the lady has passed. so he travels from launderette to your home. And just some times he borrows your socks to fix his broken stitches and to find other like him, maybe even his sole mate. 

His name is Sole and he is made of odd socks, childrens tights and gloves. Along with and old diy Halloween costume and unused pillow stuffing. The antlers are old copper piping which he probably took from the old launderette plumbing.  

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Mothercreep - apart from old unwanted clothes, there are also some unwanted household items used to create the monster; used ink cartridges, broken speakers, egg cups from Christmas crackers, fibre optic and bamboo rice steamer. The top is constructed using a jacket, tummy control, and a pair of velvet legging to make longer sleeves. She also carries a new born alien baby on her back, the idea was inspired by a Thai hill tribe women who has to walk up the hill on a daily basis therefore she put baby in back pouch to be able to walk conveniently.

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'Don't Throw Away the Future' is the slogan to this Fashion Monster. After much consideration I came to the conclusion that I would recycle more unusual objects than simply old clothes. Since I live near the sea, and the oceans are suffering most due to lack of effective recycling, I decided to use old beach towels of which I have noticed over the years we have collected a plenitude! I love the 3D aspect of fashion, and so to add volume and texture to my monster I also noticed numerous balls of yarn from when my grandmother used to knit; I thought this would be a really interesting way of demonstrating the destruction that refusing to recycle is causing to the planet, by wrapping the knit ends around the monster as if trapping and restraining it. Finally I wanted to show the impact that plastic has on the planet, and was instantly drawn to old technology which cannot be recycled such as broken computer hardware to add a robotic, futuristic slant to my monster. I visited a local computer shop and collected various computer mice and keyboards to encase within my project. I used the mice in the same way as the yarn, threading them through the base of the monster, attaching them with cable ties and wrapping them around the main structure. I then took various letters off of the keyboards and attached them to my monster with the yarn, which together spell the words of the slogan - Don't Throw Away the Future. I similarly used old plastic knitting needles which I found in and old bag as a both a fastening and decorative feature - either joining balls of knit together or acting as antennae like features. Recycling is something that has always seemed important to me, and I am very enthusiastic about the ever present topic of both sustainable and ethical fashion. As soon as I heard of this competition I knew that I wanted to enter and I hope you enjoy my entree!

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The Qalupalik

'The Qalupalik captures children who wonder too close to the waters edge, keeping them to preserve her own youth.' The idea of this piece was to look at the horrific state of waste in relation to the fashion industry. The project was also working with the idea of Canadian history and Inuit legends as we collaborated with Canada house, London. This was when our Qalupalik was born.

Qalupalik is the result of severe waste polluting our oceans. She is caught within her own nets, twisted in plastic trying to break free. She is a symbol that represents cultures dying in fast fashion, leaving nothing but waste behind. 

Qalupalik’s collars and head are made from weaving and wrapping coat hangers in old cloth and leather. The structure was created from layering used sheets of plastic, fabric and netting found in a local scrap-store, Creating our Inuit inspired teepee silhouette from curtain rails.

‘Qalupalik - a short film’ : https://vimeo.com/187903420  

By 

Enki Allan & Elisabet Attramadal 

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'Walt'

By Chloe Anderson and Katie Carter.

Inspired by traditional Canadian Inuits and Inuit myths Walt is created from sourced textiles from past projects, friends and charity shops. The fabrics have been reworked to create new interesting surfaces and textures.

Selected and shown in the  windows of the Canadian Embassy in Trafalgar Square.

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'Inline'

A fashion monster created by Isabella Tan and Katie Willan.

Inspired by Canadian tribal art and ice hockey protective gear. Selected by Kingston University to be displayed in the Canadian Embassy during London fashion week 2017. 

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